Container construction



Dec. 9, 1941. F1 NEUSCH AEFER 2,265,653

CONTAINER CONSTRUCTION Filed Feb. .27, 1940 lLm " f NM 4 INVENTOR. fi/UVZMUSCHAEFER.

ATTORNEYS MWVW Patented Dec. 9 1941 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONTAINER CONSTRUCTION Franz Neuschaefer, Bye, N. Y.

Application February 27, 1940, Serial No. 320,987 3. Claims. (01.35949) This invention relates to container constructions adapted to contain and display in an improved manner, liquids'suchfor example as preparati'ons for treating the finger nails.

This application is a continuation in part of my copending application Ser. No. 305,766, filed November 24, 1939.

Colored liquid preparations, such as finger nail polishes for example, are customarily sold and displayed for sale in small glass bottles, and generally a great many of the bottles containing respecti'vely slightly varying color shades are displayed together. While to a certain degree, the color of the liquid within each bottle is revealed through the glass, it is diflicult for the purchaser to determine in this way the appearance which the color will have in use or the exact shade desired to match a color previously used. Accordingly it is now customary to apply a color name orindicat'e the appearance which the same will,

have in actual use.

The present invention offers an improved means for avoiding the above noted difiiculties and provides a container which will effectively display the color of'the liquid in a manner similar to theappearance of the color shade when applied in use.'

Various further and more specific objects, features and advantages will clearly appear from the detailed descriptiongiven below taken in connection withthe accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification and illustrates merely by way of example a preferred form of the invention. The invention consists in such novel features, arrangements and combinations of parts as maybe shown and described in connection with the constructions herein disclosed. In the'drawing Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are front, back and top views respectively of a container constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a top'view showing a plurality of the containers made according to the invention and arranged for effective display;

Fig. 6 illustrates the manner in which a plu- I rality of said containers may bestacked for dis play or closely packedfor shipment, and

Fig. 7 illustrates a form of label which may be used for the container in accordance with the invention.

As shown in the various figures, the container may comprise for example a bottle It!v iormed preferably of transparent or substantially trans parent glass, and having a closure as at H of any suitable well-known type. In case this bettle or container is to be used for colored liquid finger nail polish, for example, then one of its walls, preferably a side wall, is integrally iormed with a raised portion or protuberance 12, having a curvature and outline such as to substantially simulate a finger nail or a portion tl'ienecf.v That is, this protuberance in its preferred form may be made of substantially the same size and out line as a finger nail' and with a correspondingly smoothly curved surface. Thus the. colored liquid will be revealed and attractively displayed through this curved area in a manner closely similar to the appearance of the color shade when applied to the finger nails.

As'above indicated, it is difficult for the purchaser to accurately determine what the appearance of the color shade will be in actual use merely from viewing the color through the ordinary walls of a, glass bottle. That is, such walls; are of varying thickness and curvatures at'different points, the surfaces are such as to generally give irregular reflections of light, and

will not have curvatures; corresponding to those corresponds to the treated finger nail both as to extent and curvature. Consequently upon viewing the: protuberance with the curved body of colored liquid therein, the purchaser is, able to accurately check its appearance and shade-with one of her finger nails, and with definite. assurance that the liquidbeing purchasedis the identical liquid with which comparison is made.

In order to accurately, reveal the appearance of, the color area, the glass at. the protuberance l2'is' preferably made. relatively thinso as to bring the colored liquid close to the observedsurface of the bottle.

and also the glass at these areas is preferably of substantially uniform thickness so that the outer convex surface and the inner concave surface will substantially correspond in curvature.

As further shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the pro tuberance l2 may be formed upon a convexly curved area l3 forming a substantial part of the front surface of the bottle and extending from top to bottom thereof. This area l3 may for example conform .to the curvature of a cylinder and affords a place for effective and prominent display of a label I4, such for example as shown in Fig. 7. As indicated in Fig. 7, this label may have an opening or cut-out portion l5 conform-' :ing to the shape of the protuberance l2 and serv-.

ing to prominently outline the same, thus en hancing the natural appearance of thesimulated ther tend to anchor the-bottles in properly stacked relationship. The area below the depression 2| as at 22 may preferably be so cast as to represent a portion of a finger. When the buyer desires to inspect the product under conditions of actual use, she may conveniently place the back of her finger upon the areas 2| and 22, while from the front side of the bottle she inspects the appearance of the colored nail simulation |2 in comparison, for example, with colors previously used on her other fingernails.

In order to demark and outline the areas 2| and 22, the remainder of the rear and side sur- 'faces of the bottle may be cast with a ridged or somewhat corrugated formation as at 23, which finger nail. The lower portion of thelabel may,

also be creased or printed with a representation of a portion of a finger as at l6, further con- =tributing to the natural appearance of the nail polish as exhibited through the'transparent protuberance; It will be further noted that the cylindrically curved area l3 on'which the label is placed also serves to give the finger representation It a more natural appearance.

i As shown in Figs. '2 and. 3, the side walls of the container as at IT and I8 may preferably be formed at angles so that the same tend to converge rearwardly. If the planes of these side fiwalls are for example substantially at 45 with athe approximate plane of the front walls as shown, then four ofthe bottles may be so placed Yon display as to form an enclosure as in Fig. 5. With this arrangement a group of. bottles, each containing different colors, may be efiectively displayed with the simulations of the finger nails facing outwardly, and thus displaying one color in each direction. As shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the front facesof the bottles at each side of the main part of the'label, may be curved somewhat as fat l9 whereby. the appearance of the display as a whole is enhanced and made more nearly circular. At the same time these curvatures per- ;mit the color shades in adjacent bottles thus displayed to be more effectively compared by the observer. That is, due to the curvatures l9, Qthe adjacent front surfaces of two adjacent botitles instead of coming together at a right angle, ;are more nearly merged witheach other,t'thus facilitating adirect comparison of the two colors j'th'erein.

' -As shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the rear surfaced the container may preferably be formed fwith a depression as at 20, of cylindrical curval'ture and extending from top to bottom of the bottle. It will be noted that this depression is isuch'asto accommodate the convex area as at 1 is on another bottle, whereby numerous bottles may be securely stacked for'display or shipment,

; bottles may be effectively stacked without danger that one will slide off from the bottle beneath ;and" become broken. and without dangerof breaking or scratching'the protuberances |2.

' 7 As moreclearly appears in- Figs; 2 and 4, the

1 depression may also include-a further depression as -at'2| conforming a to depth and shape 1 substantially to the protuberance |2 on the face Thus, when" the bottles" are jstacked, the protuberance |2 will engage a de- 7 Lpression2|on the adjacent bottle andthus'furofi the observer's finger when applied as above described. Thecorrugations or ridged formations at the sides of the bottle will also permit more or less engagement of such side walls with the side walls of adjacent bottles when on display, as inFig. 5, thus tending to retain the display against displacement. It will be noted that each side of the depression 2|] terminates'in an outstanding ridge. This constructionhas a particular advantage in combination with the curved display areas such as at 2|, 22 forthefollowing 7 reasons. The bottle is not ordinarilyiquite completely filled with liquid when sold, and any air bubbles or air spaceswill naturally rise to the upper surface of the liquid. Thus if the bottle is displayed while on its side, with the simulation facing upward, irregular, air spaces, interrupting the body of th colored -liquid,'will show through the glass side wall; However, with the construction here shown in Fig. 2, the air will accumulate within the above mentioned'ridges, thus leaving the liquid as displayed through the areas 2|, 22, uninterrupted and unmarred by bubbles or the like. Thatis, the portions adjacent the areas 2|, 22 are directed inwardly of the bottle so that air bubbles contacting these portions of the wall will be deflected or held away from areas 2|, 22.

As shown" in Figs.;1 and 4, the protuberance I2 at its lower edge may be somewhat recessed to correspond to theso-called moon"area of the finger nail. And as appears'in'Figfll, .the

portion of the label l4 bearingtherepresenta- "tionof the finger l6 may be extended up some what to cover this "moon area, the somewhat recessed portion of the protuberance |2 providing a space for'receiving this extended portioniof the label and providing for a relatively smooth mergrmally split ortend to tear,; but the slight recessing of this area of the protuberancei'as shown is sufficient to avoid such a result. Thus this area of the label will serve to 'cover the moon area without tearing or splitting. and prevent the color of the, liquid in-the bottle'from showing through at this point. Since it'is customarily not the practice to apoly the colored nail polish to the .moon areas, the covering of these areas by. the label enhances the realistic-nature of the display. of the remaining coloredareas of the nail simulation, while the label. as -shown.

moon area, thecolorednail areasgand there:

maining finger areas.

While the invention has been described in detail with respect to particular preferred examples, it will be understood by those skilled in the art after understanding the invention that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and it is intended therefore in the appended claims to cover all such changes and modifications.

What is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A glass container adapted to contain liquid preparations for treating the finger nails, a wall of said container being formed with an integral substantially transparent protuberance having a curved surface and an outline such as to substantially simulate a finger nail in vertically extending position on said wall, and whereby the color of the liquid in the container is revealed therethrough in a manner similar to the appearance of the color when applied to the finger nails, and an opposite wall of said container being constructed and arranged with a depression adapted to receive a similar protuberance on another container, and also sufiiciently extended vertically to provide a depression to embrace the back end portion of the finger of a user when viewing the appearance of the liquid in said protuberance.

2. In combination, a glass container adapted to contain liquid preparations for treating the finger nails, a wall of said container being formed with an integral protuberance, substantially transparent and having a curved surface and an outline such as to substantially simulate a finger nail, and whereby the color of the liquid in the container is revealed therethrough in a manner similar to the appearance of the color when applied to the finger nails, and a label secured to said wall, said label having an opening with edges forming an outline for and demarking said protuberance, and a representation of a finger on said label in association with said opening.

3. A container constructed in accordance with the foregoing claim 2 and in which said protuberance is formed on a vertically extending outwardly convex area of the wall, said area including the area bearing said representation of a finger and being formed integral with the protuberance and the remainder of said wall, and an opposite wall of the container, on its outer surface, being constructed and arranged with a vertically extending concave area for embracing the back end portion of the finger of a user when viewing the appearance of the liquid in said protuberance.

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